A new study co-authored by Rutgers climate scientist Jim Miller in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences found that in the past 20 years temperatures above 4,000 meters (13,120 feet) have warmed 75 percent faster than at altitudes below 2,000 meters (6,560 feet). As snow accumulates later in the fall and melts faster in the spring, less fresh water will emerge from the mountains during the late spring and through the summer, resulting in water shortages. Read more at Rutgers Today.